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concubine
/ˈkɑŋkjəbaɪn/
noun 3
Collocations
2CONCUBINE + NOUN
father
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.
2
A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
And that is more than I will yield unto: / I know I am too mean to be your queen, / And yet too good to be your concubine.
3
A slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service.
He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines:
And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
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And that is more than I will yield unto: / I know I am too mean to be your queen, / And yet too good to be your concubine.
Wiktionary02
He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines:
Wiktionary03
And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and bese
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And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of.
Tatoeba · #786691705
Ker's mother was forced to be a concubine and to work in the garden, and Ker was forced to gather red hibiscus leaves for tea and to tend to the goats.
Tatoeba · #1104691306
Rima was Gabriel’s concubine.
Tatoeba · #11757874Usage Notes
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